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Started by Syt, May 07, 2024, 12:20:20 AM

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Syt

May 07, 2024, 12:20:20 AM
Just a new (mega?) thread for various historical anniversaries.

200 years ago today, this little tune premiered in Vienna:


:wub:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Duque de Bragança

#1
May 07, 2024, 12:45:07 PM
Arte, the Franco-German cultural channel, has the whole evening dedicated to it.:)
Over here, for once, the crappy M6 channel shows a movie, and a pretty good one, Die Hard.

Back in the day, they used to get their best ratings with the likes of Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.  :D

Syt

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July 11, 2024, 05:19:13 AM
Happy 750th birthday to Robert the Bruce. :cheers:

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Baron von Schtinkenbutt

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July 11, 2024, 12:10:08 PM
Also the 220th anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel.

grumbler

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July 11, 2024, 12:25:29 PM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on July 11, 2024, 12:10:08 PMAlso the 220th anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel.
Really?  Who won?
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.   -G'Kar

Bayraktar!

Valmy

#6
July 11, 2024, 12:26:43 PM
Quote from: grumbler on July 11, 2024, 12:25:29 PM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on July 11, 2024, 12:10:08 PMAlso the 220th anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel.
Really?  Who won?

America!
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Sheilbh

#7
July 11, 2024, 01:43:57 PM
Delighted to discover the late Gore Vidal is a Languishite.
Let's bomb Russia!

Jacob

#8
July 11, 2024, 02:14:15 PM
Quote from: grumbler on July 11, 2024, 12:25:29 PM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on July 11, 2024, 12:10:08 PMAlso the 220th anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr duel.
Really?  Who won?

Mr. Hamilton-Burr did, I suppose. We don't even talk about the other guy by name.

Syt

#9
September 18, 2024, 12:37:14 AM
1700 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chrysopolis

Constantine the Great beats Licinius, leaving him sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.
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